# Mr. Carlyle — Culture and Anarchy character guide

> Mr. Carlyle in Culture and Anarchy by Matthew Arnold.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Carlyle

**First appearance:** 0002-culture-and-anarchy

## Who they are

Thomas Carlyle, whose views on heroism and culture are referenced.

## Relationships

### [Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/culture_and_anarchy_se/characters/narrator)

_psychological_

Mr. Carlyle, a writer and historian, is a complex influence on the narrator, admired for his moral earnestness but critiqued for his anti-democratic tendencies.

### [Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/culture_and_anarchy_se/characters/narrator)

_psychological_

Mr. Carlyle, a writer and historian, is a complex influence on the narrator, admired for his moral earnestness but critiqued for his anti-democratic tendencies.

## In the story

### [Doing as One Likes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/culture_and_anarchy_se/chapters/ii-doing-as-one-likes)

Referenced regarding the virtues of aristocracy and his view that the State should be the aristocracy.

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